Real Good Number Plates : Vol 4

[zulash]

Didn't this plate sell for £400K and was and could still be, the record price for a british plate. Which i gather was one of the first ever plates issued in Scotland.

[CRA1G]

zulash said:

Didn't this plate sell for £400K and was and could still be, the record price for a british plate. Which i gather was one of the first ever plates issued in Scotland.

I'm sure " F1 " sold for £440K about six years ago and apparently on the market now for £10 million....

[HorneyMX5]

MR11 ERB spaced MR 11ERB

It was on a people carrier of some sort. Either a pot smoker or someone who likes to heavily season their food.

[Number 5]

HorneyMX5 said:

MR11 ERB spaced MR 11ERB

It was on a people carrier of some sort. Either a pot smoker or someone who likes to heavily season their food.

Whoever it is they've got a chav plate!

[Trevatanus]

HorneyMX5 said:

MR11 ERB spaced MR 11ERB

It was on a people carrier of some sort. Either a pot smoker or someone who likes to heavily season their food.

Sounds more like a dealer to me!

[Hangcheck]

I saw BAN 15H yesterday somewhere between Northampton and Evesham which looked great.

[DickyC]

In Vincent Motors in Yeovil.


(I forgave them the incorrect spacing.)

[CRA1G]

DickyC said:

In Vincent Motors in Yeovil.


(I forgave them the incorrect spacing.)

£33K + VAT Etc in 1997.... Can't imagine Mr Fawlty swapping his Red Morris 1100 though....

[DickyC]

It's left hand drive. Is that a bit odd? If I had a plate like that I'd want it on something lovely but conventional.

[yellowjack]

DickyC said:

It's left hand drive. Is that a bit odd? If I had a plate like that I'd want it on something lovely but conventional.

Maybe it's an "ex-John Cleese" car, brought over from the states and mated to the "BAS1L" plate to boost it's value to "a collector"?

I always wonder at what point on the 'celebrity spectrum' you'd need to be before your name in the previous keepers list would actually increase the value of/desire for any car. I mean, would anyone be tempted to pay a premium for Bonnie Tyler's old white VW Golf Cabriolet (if indeed it still exists) if it had something like "BON111E" or "TYL3R" nailed to the front bumper?

[CRA1G]

What about the poor chap who bought and paid a premium for Jimmy Saviles Rolls Royce Convertible with his private plate..... And had to take it off.... And register the car twice to get his name off the V5....

[DickyC]

There's always someone lower down the scale who wants a bit of reflected glory. Some years ago a dealer locally advertised a 1.4 Golf as "ex Will Young."

[droopsnoot]

DickyC said:

It's left hand drive. Is that a bit odd? If I had a plate like that I'd want it on something lovely but conventional.

I've never tried it, but perhaps the car is just used for swanning down to the South of France so as not to share cabin air with the commoners.

[Cliftonite]

CRA1G said:

What about the poor chap who bought and paid a premium for Jimmy Saviles Rolls Royce Convertible with his private plate..... And had to take it off.... And register the car twice to get his name off the V5....

Such a shame. Really. It is a beautiful car, though. Thought at first that this might have been the very vehicle, but J S Vile's car was not LHD?

[ArmaghMan]

droopsnoot said:

DickyC said:

It's left hand drive. Is that a bit odd? If I had a plate like that I'd want it on something lovely but conventional.

I've never tried it, but perhaps the car is just used for swanning down to the South of France so as not to share cabin air with the commoners.

Very much this. That plate has been a regular on this thread over the years and is usually spotted in Monte Carlo.

[CRA1G]

ArmaghMan said:

Very much this. That plate has been a regular on this thread over the years and is usually spotted in Monte Carlo.

Might be a mate of " JOE 5 " the cream older Rolls Convertible that's always parked in Casino Square...

[JumboBeef]

[sooty61]

JumboBeef said:

We have a winner!!

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